Machine for use in making wire staples.



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MACHINE FOR USE IN MAKING WIRESTAPLES. APPLICATION FILED AUG-I4. I918.

1,296,69fi. I Patented Mar. 11,1919.

i NVENT9R, FREDERICK WILLIAM Rasmussm race of'theface of'the'portion B B" is the ,To all whom z't may concern:

TES! FREDERICK w L rnM AsMussEm OF: MANGARAMA? NEW, ZEALAND.

f, V V MACHINE Eon. USE INMAKING'WIRE s rnrLEs.

Application filctlAug'ust 14, 191sl S eria 1 No. 249,843.

"Be'it known that I, FREDERICK WILLIAM .R sMUssEm subject of the King of Great (Britain, residing at Mangar'ama in the Dominion of NewvZealand, laborer, have 'in-f vented'a new and useful Improved Machine for Use in MakingiWire Staples; and I do hereby: declare the followingrto: be a full,

. clear, and exact description of the same;

ing, of any 0 V such' drawings This invention has been devised in order to provide an improved construction of machine for use in makingthe ordinary type ofsU shaped wire staples used particularly 7 in wire fencing and also for otherpurposes, the I machine being adapted especially for ,use by; farmers'and'others in the makingiof the staples from lengths of wire/ and allowdd lengths of wire bein'g used up for that purpose.

.o T e hin t er ffi ld is f by the one action ofa lever handle, tossever.

up such severed 'lengthinto the required U form and discharge itfrom the machine;

The machine devised fo'r this purpose is illustrated in the accompanying drawings to which reference willbe' gmade in fully describing its construction and operation. ;In

Figure 1 is a side elevation} K L w front end elevation, and

Fig. v3 .a"plan;(partly.in section) of the v jcomplete machine. v v a V v 1 nal planrof a portion of the machine the s'ection being taken onthe,

- Fig. v 4 is'a sect fline of Fig. 1.

7' 5 5M Fig. 3;

r Fig. 611s-an inside elevation of the. lever handle'and its cutters.

"Fig. 7 is a detail v1 extending .flange portion B .onone side and .the inner face of which is made 'to assu'me a vertical face to the surface ofthe table, 4 This flange portion is also 'formed with a rearward extension B projecting beyond the:

upper end of thetable A, f Let intothe sur- Fig; 5 is a sectional elevation of the upper p rtion of the machine taken on the, line a a W of a gth as used with the machinef The machine is'formedby abase block having a table portion A with a'fiatface Y that preferably slopes downward'to one end,

,aslshownin the drawings; and an upwardly steel plate, C which is suitably tempered.

This plate extends across thelevel of the 7 f table A and'also covers the inside face of 'th'e iextension Bthe upper edge of the part covering the, extension forming a knife edge Specification of Letters Patent. 11, 1919. v

G, On} its front cornenl The plate C near its forward end is pierced with-the aperture D that extends through it at an acute horizontal angleandjat a height immediatelyabOve the level of thetable'A and also in, a line with,

theline of the tables surface. The flange B {at theback. of the plate C is formed" with vther ope i g D extending" from behind the aperture D upward "and rearward to the back end of the flange as shown particularly;

inFigqt, "Awire E may thusfhave its end ,passed'finf through this opening D Y and through the aperture D so that the end will project out atlan angle across the table A 75 as also hqw 'in g-(La i d mains,

of the flange'B vandplate C. This diskplate mail "axial, pin against the inside face isprovided .w'iththe-lev'er handle extension F. so. thatit may {be turnedand its inside facemakes close contact with the surface of the;plate,{(l, The edge ofthe, disk is J-form'e'd withanL openingfF and along *the upper edge of such opening is fixed aknife ,bladevH' theflcuttin g edge of which is ar-f ranged approximatelyradially to 'the pin G ,s'o that when the disk plate is turned, the bladefwill pass across the end of the aperture D. Consequently when a wire hasbeen caused to project through such aperture, the

projecting end, maybe severed by turning the, disk sothat the blade H engages and 'cuts'throughjthe wire,; and by reason of the said wirepro'je'ctin'g ati an acute angle from -thefacej0f the plate C, the wire will be cut in a corresp onding angle so as'to make points upon the, ends] of the severedand main portions. f V'Thusthe wire lengths sevfrered by the machine will bepointed at both ends; Thecutaway portion F in the disks edge allows for the wire being projected jthrough the aperture D in the required mannerii The handle lever F on its'back edge and, at asuitabledistance from the pin Gris provided with the knife blade J that, wh'en the handle isturned right back,' passes across the surface ofl lthe knife edge C so as to 110 make therewith ashear by means of which "wirejlaid across the extension B inay jibe cut. This will allow for wire bein'g' freed from any knotted'or kinked portions that would serve to prevent it passing through the apertuge D. 7

The table A is formed near its lower", or

,front end, with a slot opening'iK extending through it and this opening'is preferably med-e i e ie e s l p a e ith rt s ide transversely into a groove formed in the table. surface and having undercut edges to hold the plate from lifting. This permits of ;di-fiferent plates having slotsK arranged at different distances from the position of theaperture D, being used as required in the of staples of difierent lengths in the" 1nani 1er hereinafter described; The Y Width t he slot s m der p h W 7 the spread of the legs of the'staple ,tojbe "t ed Pivotallyattaohed to the disk handle Ff is a forkedclaw that is curved lengthwise and passes intothe slot so that as the' handle is turned down to sever a length of Ywire, the claw will slidedown ,through'the $193 The fork is so disposedthatthe two rneinbers N'N of the 'f 'orkedend will pass 7 e theerre it des of the ir y heeer it-he, slotfK so that as the downward movemerit i e i i es t ten f lehf r 'e gagethe wire, double ,it .up and carry it down through the slot. Sufficient clearance is lef be ween th fe s oi he e a-ween e sides of the-slot to allow tor the wire ends 7 passing d wn, bu to in e of the bend g 'es lt hg in he s apl lengt s e ng parallel L F 2') a eth-r h d .ih the s de of the d .exteh ihg 1 p from thetep 0t its .f k- The t one ,another, guiding notches (Figs, 4

emi wer termed epp te hh e in hes les of hes 'il nd he gr ov s m W re e d-s tlle efe fe lehlhle up into he ,r m s The o orklof the claw is mad of s eh .a leng h, end th 'p in o .the'f law et hclhimen te he hand leY r F is seedheted, that in the operation of the ma hm y lh e ,feiihsw iifl vdewn ow t e pr ie i ,ingwir'e nd glyingz e o s t e lot befo it sctit ttn 'li me li t ly it is ut the op f erh Wi l engage eve ed leng h an fileuble it upan forc it down and d ep t e teple thus toh ed behea ht e table. To pro ide $0. teple of .difier nt'l ng be ng" termed, pr ision vis mad where y fthej lengt ea with pt i ed thrgllgh the t h h tte h g get to form lst'eple o speeifie le gt She provision le sists in terming the .e tehsi nijB w h gage I Line '0 at .tlifierentlpoint in length s tha wh n he Wireeh has b en insert th ettghthe opening 1 and it is caused to eng ge with a...sQ .e1lpo t enofthe disk, the

operator m y grasp the Wimoppositethe reqhl ed ga e m ik ng and t n (after t dis been turned to allow the wire end to, he ps ieeted through the ape t re. .D) may feed. sueh ire. in until his fingers ent med to out the [wi i a, Inond'er that .the severed Wire lengthniay stop jjs so positioned in relation to, the slot to oause the niiddle of-the wire to jlie .aeross such slot. jgage plate lis adjustable in its position,being secured to the screw 19 passing through the slot 32 formed tion -with the length gage inarki-ngs- O,"-'pro the back end of't'h'e'o'pening D. The

movement of the handle lever is then con- :hend it 1n the manner described.

side edge of the table by x'neansofthe set "longituc'linally"in tlie' p lat e "This ability of the gage plate together with the ustability of the slot v:relation to the aperture D already referred toiirconjul c v ride forithe ready regulation ,o-f-Ytheglengths V severedfrorn the wire anditor the ;aocurate bending ofth samflto form apl ofia ifl ferent length 1 V "In th's mannerzstaples inabybe and rfformed' at s nged rate, the wire "being ited in thr ugh-the openfi ng with one hand and the handle lever operatedby the other hand.

This handle lever neeess'arily be made of sufficient length to Obtain the requisite rcuttingl and bending power.

, 1, A machine for use 1n maki-ng Wire inner face of which extend s Eat right -angles to the table-surface, an aperture made in ,sueh flange and extending "at an aeute angle to the line of its .surface'fin from one "end of the flange and out through the finnerfiface thereof a' li-ne'with'the tableis surface, a slot forined across the tabletop beyond :the exit of the said aperture, a disk platernount fed against theinner face of the flange to turnpnac entral axial pin and proi ided'115 With ,a radially disposed knife blade that passes across the aperture exit of the flange when the. disk is turned,' a*hand le lever at- :tached to such disk and a forked Qlawpivot-Q ed upon ,such handle lever-and passing fglown- "V 'wardt-hrough the slot thetable ht ll tie sPee fied 2. In the machine for making-wire staples tbp, subdeeetfihed n elehh fiferrfi hgt e ve'rti e v flange with an extens on at-one-end'fbeyond the correspondingend ofthe tahle, such-extension having a knife lolade inner top edge, and p oviding the said lever handle wit a kn fe ad s e filQUgihS ge, tha wh n the hen leis tilrnedrhaek, wil jsheer erh the knife blade edge of the said extension,

substantially as and for the purposes specified.

8. In the machine for making wirestaples described. in claim 1 an adjustable gage plate-fastened to the table top beyond the a vertical extension at one edge of such table having an aperture extending through it and emerging at an acute angle on to the surface of the table, a cutter mounted on Copies of this patent may beobtained for fiye cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,;

such extension and adapted to sever with an angle cut, a wire end projected through I j the aperture, a slot in the table top across which such projecting wire .end passes and a device adapted to pass down through the said slot and to engage and double up the said severed Wire end, substantially as specified. V

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK WILLIAM RASMUSSEN.

-V Witnesses:

Wj. ALEXANDER, M. TAVENDALE.

Washington, D. 0. 

